Bio Drugs
Could genetically engineered cattle hold Ebola cure?
On a farm outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a herd of cloned, genetically engineered cattle are busy incubating antibodies against ...
Growing tobacco plants genetically engineered to produce drugs and vaccines
Dave Roeser, St. Paul's award-winning hydroponic gardener will still grow vegetables but is adding medicinal plants. He plans to raise ...
Uncommon year for flu vaccine as effectiveness lower than expected
This year's flu vaccine is doing a pretty crummy job. It's only 23 percent effective, which is one of the ...
Could FDA’s plan to regulate laboratory developed tests help end pseudo-testing?
The FDA regulates in vitro diagnostic devices (IVDs) as medical devices. IVDs analyze human samples, such as blood, saliva, tissue ...
Low vaccination rates linked to rapidly spreading California Disneyland measles outbreak
Most people have heard by now that two dozen individuals who visited Disneyland between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, 2014, ...
Why new guidelines for sharing clinical trial data are important
We're in the middle of a major flu epidemic, and the CDC has recommended treatment with an antiviral (e.g., Tamiflu ...
Breakthrough research: Bioengineered human muscle that contracts like real tissue
In what's being hailed as a medical first, researchers at Duke University announced this week that they had bioengineered human ...
Eleven genomic medicine centers to lead UK’s 100,000 genomes project
Eleven NHS Genomic Medicine Centres (GMCs) have been announced by Genomics England. They will spearhead the 100,000 Genomes Project, which ...
Why did some experimental HIV vaccines increase risk of infection?
Several experimental HIV vaccines have not only failed but in some cases have increased the risk of infection. A new ...
Corneal stem cell research rapidly translated to the clinic shows promise
In Hyderabad, India, Sayan Basu is using stem cells in a pilot project to restore the eyesight of patients with ...
As cases decline, experts stress urgency of Ebola vaccine clinical trials in West Africa
As authorities and drug companies hurriedly prepare to begin testing Ebola vaccines in West Africa, they are starting to contemplate ...
Will doctors prescribe the first approved US copycat biological drug?
A group of FDA advisers unanimously recommended approval for Novartis' knockoff of a blockbuster Amgen treatment, clearing the way for what ...
New bioengineering technique makes bacteria produce chemicals quicker and more efficiently
Genetically engineered bacteria already produce some products of commercial interest or biomedical importance, such as insulin. And coaxing the organisms to ...
New antibiotic thwarts bacterial resistance
The British chemist Lesley Orgel had a rule: Evolution is cleverer than you. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have repeatedly proven him right. Since ...
Potential obesity drug acts as a meal in a pill
A drug that works like an “imaginary meal” has been developed by US scientists who believe it could help combat ...
What will advances in genetics during 2014 mean for future of medicine?
No question that 2014 has been a year to celebrate for the field of genetics. Stem cell therapy, gene therapy, ...
Can this year’s flu vaccine quell the present pandemic?
As you’ve likely heard by now, the 2014-2015 influenza season is on a fast pace, now defined as a pandemic ...
Push for Ebola cure continuing into new year
Global health experts are preparing to test new treatments for Ebola in West Africa that they hope will eventually vanquish ...
What world has learned about limits of science and medicine from Ebola epidemic
People in affected communities were understandably fearful; some were distrustful of health workers and resisted going to treatment centers, where ...
New method for clearing donated blood of viruses gains FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first system that could be used by blood banks to destroy ...
Ebola survivors’ blood might hold key to a cure
The first clinical trials are starting in West Africa to test whether transfusing patients with plasma or blood donated by ...
Antibiotic resistance may be bigger problem than previously thought
A project commissioned by the British government has released estimates of the near-future global toll of antibiotic resistance that are ...
Drug-resistant malaria strains pose challenge to disease prevention
The region around the Mekong River delta is infamous for its malaria parasites. Twice already—in the 1950s and the 1960s—they ...